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- Aug 25, 2012
Tonight may or may not go to the Ann Arbor CWRT where Judge Terry Bronson will discuss the history and demise of the CSS Alabama. It is an hour drive so I hope it is worth the drive.
I think I will go tonight. I could not find much about Judge Terry Bronson on line other than him being a judge and a Navy officer.
So perhaps a judgemental Naval officer?
I wonder if he will make us call him Captain Bronson?
I should find out some interesting details about the CSS Alabama.
Active Navy or retired? He could be a navy lawyer, Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps.
Except for the running for office part, you described my wife to a "T".I have known officers in the Army Reserve who had spent several years on active duty, then went to college, held civilian positions, ran for office, and such for the 20 additional years they served in the reserves.
Navy captains were the equivalent of Army full colonels, no line officers they.He was a line officer then (like myself), must have either taken up law or run for office after retiring. Enjoy the lecture!
Navy captains were the equivalent of Army full colonels, no line officers they.
True enough, but in the army a colonel in a combat assignment would normally be called a "field officer," not a line officer. That was my only point.Perhaps you're thinking of Army or some other terminology; in the Navy a line officer is a combat officer - surface warfare, subs, aviation, special warfare - as opposed to a support branch like JAG, supply, medical, etc. Could be any rank from ensign to admiral.